Machine



(NOM-adel.) i V J. PHILIPPSOHN.

CLOTH GUTTING MAGHINB. No. 549,392. 4 Patented Nov. 5, 1895.

AN DREW BLRAHANL PHUTOMTHQWASHINGTDND C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB Pl-IILIPPSOI-IN, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

oLoTH-ouTiNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 549,392, dated November5, 1895.

Application iiled March 11,1893. Serial No. 465,609. (No model.)Patented in Austria-Hungary January 21, 1893, No. 27,440 and No. 64,536;in Germany February l, 1898, No. 71,885; in FranceMay10,1893,N0.229,997; in Italy May 16,1893, No. 34,056; in BelgiumMay17, 1893, No. 104,699, and in England May 23, 1893,110. 10,182, andJune 28, 1893, No.

in Cloth-Cutting Machines, (for which Letters Patent have been obtainedin Great Britain, No. 10,182, dated May 23, 1893, andNo. 12,659, datedJune 28, 1893; in Germany, No. 71,885, dated February 1, 1893; inAustria-Hungary, No. 27,440and No. 64,536, dated January 21,

' 1893; in France, No. 229,997, dated May 10,

1893; in Belgium, No. 104,699, dated May 17, 1893, and in Italy, No.34,056, dated May 16, 1893,) of which the following is an exactspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in connection with that type ofcutting-machine which is provided with a rotating' cutting-disk, and isintended to effect in combination therewith a twofold obj ect: first, toenable the cutting of corners, angles, and curves to be perfectly andaccurately performed without any distortion of the cloth, and, second,to facilitate the cutting of a great number of thicknesses of clothsimultaneously, and I attain these results by providing means forraising the cloth at the turning of the cutter in such a manner that theunder layers equally with the upper A,layers are elevated to theperiphery of the cutter and cut in the same line as and with the upperlayers.

My invention will be more readily understood by reference to theaccompanying drawings, in which similar letters are used to denote thesame or like parts, and in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of acuttingmachine embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section onthe line A B of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line C Dof Fig. 1.

Z is the standard, having a cross-piece u' provided with a plate r,against the face of which the plate t bears and slides vertically. Thisplate t, bearing the foot b and the guardcap i, has vertical slots e fu.In these slots there are sliding guide-pieces s s', connectedto thefixed plate o" by means of screws n n,

passing through the slots c Iv. Thus the plate t and therewith the footb are capable of being raised or lowered a distance not exceeding theextent of the slots 'U c.

The angular lever g e, pivotally mounted on the axle o, borne by asuitable lug connected to the standard Z, serves for operating themovement of the plate t and foot b, as stated, by means of the free endc of the lever g e engaging with an opening m in the plate# afterpassing through a slot q in plate r, as shown at Figs. 1 and 2.

The plate t upon its back surface has a vertical projection or tonguem', (shown in Fig. 2 and more particularly in Fig. 3,) which slides invertical guides p, formed in the plate r, and this, in combination withguide-pieces s s and slots Q: e, serves as a support and guide for thecutting mechanism, and for preventing the cutter from damaging thetable.

lVith the raising of the foot b the guardcap z' is liftedsimultaneously, so that the elevated cloth or other material is therebyprevented from coming in contact therewith, by

which the operation of the machine would be impeded.

Having thus fully described the nature of this invention, what I desireto secure by Letters Patent of the United States is- 1. In acloth-cutting machine, the combination with a supporting standard, and arotatable disk, of a cloth-supporting foot or tongue arranged below thedisk and adapted for vertical movement relatively to the disk, a fixedvertical plate connected to the standard and having a slot q, avertically-movable plate having vertical slots and an opening m, guidepieces sliding in the said slots of the movable plate, screws passingthrough the same and the slots and into the fixed plate, a bell-cranklever pivotally secured to the standard, one arm of which leverextending through the slot q, and into the opening m, all adapted forcooperation as described.

2. In a cloth-cutting machine, the combination with a supportingstandard, and a rotatable cutting disk, of a cloth-supporting foot ortongue arranged below the disk and adapted for vertical movementrelatively to the disk, a xed vertical plate connected to the standard`and having a lslot q, a veit'- cally-movable plate having vertical slotsand an opening` m, a tongue on the real' face of the said movable plateand sliding in guides p, in the fixed plate, guide pieces sliding in theslots of the movablev plate, screws passing through the same and theslots and into the fixed plate, a bell-crank lever pivotally 1o securedto the standard, one arm of Said lever extending through the slot q, andinto ,the opening4 m, all adapted for .cooperation as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subserib- 15 ing witnesses.

JACOB PI-IILIPPSOHN. Titnessesz R. IIERPICH, E. SCHULTZE.

